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1、SydneyOperaHouse悉尼歌剧院D:Debbie G:GlennD:Whatare youplanningtodoonyourtriptoAustralia?G:Therearesomanythingstosee,I'mnotsurewheretostart.We'regoingtoSydneyfirst.D:Ifyou'regoingtosydney,thefirstthingyoushoulddoistovisittheOperaHouse.Thearchitectureisoutofthisworld!G:TellmesomemoreabouttheOpera
2、House,I’mabitofanAustralianovice!D:Well.it'ssituatedinSydneyHarbouratBennelongPoint.Itwasopenedin1973butitwasn'tbulitbyanAustralian.G:Really?I'vealwaysthoughtitwasbuiltbyalocal.D:JoernUtzonistheDanisharchitectwhoenteredandwontheinternationalcompetitionannouncedinJanuary1956todesignit.G:Oh,Isee.
3、IwonderwhyI'veneverheardofhim.So,wasthereacompetitiontoselectadesigner?Whatdidhewin?D:He'sonlyknowforthatbuilding.Hisprizeforthewiningdesignwas5,000Australianpounds,thiswasbeforetheyhadAustraliandollars.G:Afterwinningthecompetitionfortheoperahousedesign,hemusthavespentalongtimeplanningtheOperaH
4、ouse,beforehestartedbuildingit.D:Actually,ittook15yearstobuildandthefinalcostwasfourteentimestheoriginalestimate.G:Wow!Whydidittakesolongtobuild?D:Ithinkoneofthereasonswasbecausetheroofwassotop-heavyandnothingsodaringlyinclinedhadeverbeenbuiltbefore.G:Whathappenedtohimlateron?D:In2003,attheageo
5、f85,JoernUtzonwasrecognizedbyhispeersandawardedtheprestigiousPrizkerPrize,regardedastheNobelPrizeofarchitecture.ButperhapsthemostunusualthingabouthimwasthatheneveractuallysawtheOperaHouseinperson.G:WhatifIwanttowatchsomethingthere,amusicaloranopera,orsomething.Whatwouldyourecommend?D:Variousthe
6、atreperformancesandotherculturaleventsareheldattheSydneyOperaHouse.YoushouldlookattheSydneyOperaHousewebsiteandcheckoutwhat'sonduringyourvisit.G:That'sagreatidea.D: 黛比 G:哥勒恩D:这次澳大利亚之行,你计划做些什么?G:要参观的地方太多了,我也不知道从哪儿开始。我们首先会去悉尼.D:你们要是去悉尼的话,第一个要参观的应当是悉尼歌剧院,这是举世闻名的建筑。G:给我多讲讲悉尼歌剧院吧,我对澳大利亚还真是不熟.D:好的.
7、歌剧院地处悉尼港的本纳隆角,于1973开放,但它的建筑师并不是澳大利亚本地人.G:真实这样的吗?我一直都以为它是当地人建的.D:丹麦建筑师杰恩·伍重参加了1956年月宣布的澳大利亚悉尼歌剧院的国际设计竞赛,并最终获胜承担设计工作.G:哦,是遮掩噶。我还纳闷怎么从没听说过他.这么说那时举办过一次设计师选拔赛,对吗?他的奖品是什么?D:他只是因为这个建筑而出名。这次设计他获得5000澳大利亚镑的奖金,这事发生在澳元被使用之前。G:赢得细腻歌剧院设计大赛之后,他